| I purchased a 4 cylinder GEO 1.3L motor to use for the thrust engine. It will power a 54" wood prop that will be inside a 54" duct. The motor is rated at 80 HP @ 6000 RPM. It will seldom see that RPM I suspect. I was originally going to use a 25 HP Kohler but the GEO was a good deal. It is unused in the crate. Of course, I now need to make a steel motor mount and I do not know how to weld. Oh well. |
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| The 48" thrust duct is cut to a cylinder shape generally. I will still have to shape the inlet and taper the outside of the duct. I have not figured out how to do that quite yet. But I am not that far along yet either. |
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| The wood 54/50 propeller with 1 1/8 dia mounting hole.
It was made by Rob Tilton. |
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| Decided to go with a 54" duct so I will trade the 48" duct
foam for a 54" duct. The 54" foam block is VERY large! Still
have to figure out how to shape the inlet and taper it. This is a picture
of the 54" duct foam. |
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| April 13, 2003. Went to Rob
Tilton's house to balance the prop. Rob made the prop and traded to
to someone else. I worked a deal for the prop but it had acquired a
layer of epoxy that unbalanced it. Rob helped me bring it back into
balance. |
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| I will still have to add two layers of FG and
then paint the prop. |
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